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| Description: Leopold II (1835-1909) reigned in Belgium from 1865 to 1909. His rule of the Congo Free State from 1884 to 1908 was probably unmatched in brutality in the annals of European imperialism. |
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| Description: "The Rhodes Colossus." This British cartoon illustrates the dream of imperialist Cecil Rhodes to build a railroad from Cape Colony in South Africa to Cairo in Egypt, and thus assure British hegemony over a large part of Africa. Punch (London, 1892) |